Dilong
Field photograph to come
Dilong
DV-0539
- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xu et al. 2004
Field notes
About Dilong
Dilong was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Dilong, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Xu et al. in 2004.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Tyrannosauroidea.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Xu, M. A. Norell, and X. Kuang, X. Wang, Q. Zhao, C. Jin. 2004. Basal tyrannosauroids from China and evidence for protofeathers in tyrannosauroids. Nature 431:680-684